PLATE XI. 
The Greenfinch. 
T 
J.S one of our moft common birds. They feed upon every kind of fmall feeds, and lay five beau^ 
tiful eggs, as the plate defcribes. They fit three or four times in the courfe of the feafon. Re- 
markably flrong and hardy, they can endure the fevered winter. Their fong is very fiiort, and very 
indifferent. They love to frequent gardens, in which they often build, ad are mortal enemies to 
feeds recently fown. As they are not very cautious in concealing their nefts, it is found in cut 
hedges, apple, or fir-trees. In (harp weather, fwarms of them vifit the farm-yards for their food. 
Docile and familiar, they are eafily taught to draw water, or open a box for their food: and hence 
numbers are immured in cages by the curious. 
